Tag Archive: Full service Tampa Interior Design

A Letter from the Heart

June 2021 I never take for granted your decision to remodel your home and place your trust in me as your interior designer. I take great pride in providing my expertise to realize your dreams and I am focused on ensuring you of my dedication to you, your design project, and your home. Further, I...

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Custom New Construction vs Customizing Private Homes Part 2

Customized Private Home         While new home construction is about designing within the perimeters of the builder, a private home’s design is about bringing the homeowner’s custom vision to life. In this highly collaborative process, Johanna likes to get to the heart of how her clients live in their current space and compare it to how...

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Custom New Construction vs Customizing Private Homes Part 1

No two design jobs are alike and the same goes for types of design projects. Johanna G. Seldes IDC/Interior Design Consulting tackles two main types of “custom” projects: new construction and private homes. Custom new construction means working with builders to create dynamic speculative homes for buyers. Customizing private homes can mean anything from a...

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From my desk to your home

When it comes to redesigning and renovating your home, it’s not about the journey, but the destination. The job of an interior designer is to create a client’s vision for the destination and layout every aspect of the journey to get there. You might think in these current unusual times the journey has come to...

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IDC design work published in HouseTrends…Beauty and Brains

We have already written about the recently completed Bold and the Beautiful whole home redesign and remodel, but mostly from Johanna’s perspective and her relationship with her client. Now, a new perspective. As one of several key artisans and experts working on this extensive project, Johanna (and her work) is highlighted in this article published...

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Guest Blog Jeff’s Year in Review

It’s eye-opening when you realize (and admit) just how little you actually know about virtually everything when you’re at school. Of course, you think you do know everything, but very quickly into my internship, it was clear I had a great deal to learn if I was going to make a career of interior design....

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2019’s surprising #1 key feature home buyers look for

Earlier in 2019, The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) outlined the top features wanted in a home. According to their report, NAHB asked approximately 4000 home buyers what mattered to them ranking 175 features based on how essential they were to purchasing decisions. The outcome might be more functional than you’d expect. Laundry rooms...

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Creative Design meets 2020 Kitchen Trends

It’s not typical for Johanna G. Seldes/IDC to discuss design trends. As an ASID licensed interior designer with more than 25-years’ experience, Johanna G. Seldes/IDC uses learned skills, design creativity and product knowledge to ensure our clients’ home designs are one-of-a-kind originals. That said, we understand design trends are what influence and inspire many of...

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Understanding Scale

You’ve probably thought a lot about the spatial layout of your home. From the height of your ceilings to the width of your rooms, you have to know the size and location of everything in your home to figure out whether you can carry a sofa up the stairs or fit two nightstands. SCALE It...

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Top 7 Tips for Hiring a Contractor

Top 7 Tips for Hiring a Contractor Whether your home project is a simple bathroom remodel or a complete start-over gut job, the success or failure of the project will oftentimes depend on the contractor you hire. Hiring the wrong person for the job could lead to an endless project with many unforeseen expenses. Choosing...

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